The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 3, 1956.
Controller George Nelms is acclaimed as mayor, the last election in Ottawa's history where a candidate for mayor has run unopposed. Nelms was not the incumbent mayor. The incumbent was Charlotte Whitton who decided not to run again.
After four years of wards just having numbers, names were returned to each of the wards.
Mayor of Ottawa Candidate Votes % George Nelms Acclaimed
(4 elected)
Candidate Votes % Paul Tardif (X) 30,157 Ernie Jones (X) 26,480 Wilbert Hamilton 24,167 Sam Berger 24,004 Roy Donaldson (X) 23,127 Stewart Crawford 9,168
City council Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. By Ward 2. Capital Ward 3. Carleton Ward 4. Dalhousie Ward 5. Elmdale-Victoria Ward 6. Gloucester Ward 7. Queensboro Ward 8. Rideau Ward 9. St. George's Ward 10. Wellington Ward . (2 elected from each ward)
Gloucester Ward Candidate Votes % Pat Doherty (X) 2,268 Alex Roger 2,073 Patrick Boyce 1,467 Gordon Willis 113
Rideau Ward Candidate Votes % Robert Groves (X) 2,372 J. D. Wentzell 2,006 Margaret Newman 1,166 J. G. Drouin 1,118 Reba Kingston[ 1] 1,021
Capital Ward Candidate Votes % George Sloan 3,700 Noel Ogilvie (X) 3,486 James A. Donaldson (X) 3,172
Queensboro Ward Candidate Votes % Lon Campbell (X) 3,451 Richard Barber (X) 3,239 P. H. Moore 1,816
Dalhousie Ward Candidate Votes % James McAuley (X) 2,931 Charles Parker 2,043 Percy Kerwin 1,748 John Barlow 1,100
By Ward Candidate Votes % Jules Morin (X) 3,005 Clem Aubin (X) 2,206 Paul-Emile Morin 1,916 M. Henri Rheaume 1,083
Wellington Ward Candidate Votes % Don Reid (X) 2,775 Lionel O'Connor 1,288 H. G. Caldwell 904 James Beauchamp 867 Robert E. Robinson (X) 866 Sam Chandler 839 W. T. Lewis 339
References ^ "Mrs. G.A. Kingston Seeks Council Seat". Ottawa Journal . March 24, 1956. Retrieved December 27, 2023 . Ottawa Citizen, December 4, 1956 Bytown 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 Ottawa Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton